The Japanese wind god Fujin, 17th century.

Fujin is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods. He was present at the creation of the world and when he first let the winds out of his bag, they cleared the morning mists and filled the space between heaven and earth so the sun shone. Japanese wind god Fujin. ... Japanese wind god Fujin. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wind is the quasi-horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by Howard Sterns asshole. ... Jump to: navigation, search A torii at Itsukushima Shrine Shinto (神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ...

He is portrayed as a terrifying dark demon wearing a leopard skin, carrying a large bag of winds on his shoulders. Jump to: navigation, search In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit but outside Christian circles was viewed as a sort of elemental spirit: compare Daemon and djinn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ...

A legend of Chinese Buddhism states that Fujin and Raijin, the god of thunder, were both originally evil demons who opposed Buddha. They were captured in battle with Buddha's army of heaven, and have worked as gods since then. Jump to: navigation, search A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had... Raijin surrounded by drums to make thunder. ...

Origins

Iconographical evolution of the Wind God.
Left: Greek Wind God (Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara), Hadda, 2nd century.
Middle: Wind God from Kizil, Tarim Basin, 7th century.
Right: Japanese Wind God Fujin, 17th century.

The iconography of Fujin seems to have its origin in the cultural exchanges along the Silk Road. Starting with the Hellenistic period when Greek occupied parts of Central Asia and India, the Greek wind god Boreas became the god Wardo in Greco-Buddhist art, then a wind deity in China (frescoes of the Tarim Basin, and finally the Japanese Wind God Fujin. Left: Greek wind God, Hada, 2nd century. ... Left: Greek wind God, Hada, 2nd century. ... Gandhara Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century... Jump to: navigation, search Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ... Head of the Buddha, Hadda, 1st-2nd century CE Hadda is a Greco-Buddhist archeological site located in the ancient area of Gandhara, inside the Khyber Pass, six miles south of the city of Jalalabad in todays eastern Afghanistan. ... In the Aeneid, Halys is a Trojan who defends Aeneas camp from a Rutullian attack. ... Jump to: navigation, search Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sī chóu zhī lù, Persian راه ابریشم Râh-e Abrisham) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Changan (todays Xian), China, with Antioch, Syria, as... The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... There was one person and one god known as Boreas in Greek mythology. ... Gandhara Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between the conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century... Jump to: navigation, search Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. ...

The Wind God kept its symbol, the windbag, and its dishevelled appearance throughout this evolution.

Video games

The name "Fujin" has appeared as characters in several video games, including Mortal Kombat and Final Fantasy VIII. Both are associated with the element of wind, and both have ties to the god of thunder (at least in name) in their respective games. Jump to: navigation, search Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game by Midway. ... Jump to: navigation, search Final Fantasy VIII (Japanese: ファイナルファンタジーVIII Fainaru Fantajī VIII) is a computer role-playing game created by Square Co. ... Jump to: navigation, search Many ancient philosophies use a set of archetypal classical elements to explain patterns in nature. ...

Naruto

The name "Fujin" has also appeared as one of the "Legendary Stupid Brothers- Fujin and Raijin" in the Japanese anime Naruto. He and his brother Raijin are two criminals who are extremely stupid but as powerful as one of the Sannin in Naruto. They help Mizuki escape in exchange for food. As Mizuki escapes from Naruto clutches, and goes on to battle Iruka, Fujin and Raijin stop Naruto. Naruto escapes with the help of his friends, Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji. His three friends later had to be saved by Tsunade. Jump to: navigation, search A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Japanimation. ... Naruto can be: Naruto, Tokushima - a city in Japan. ...

Final Fantasy VIII

Fujin is a silver-haired—possibly albino—woman with an eyepatch. She is one of Seifer's "sidekicks" from the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committee. Fujin speaks almost exclusively in loud, single-word sentences (i.e., "RAGE!" or "SHOCK."); in the Japanese version of the game she speaks only in kanji. She and her partner, Raijin, assist Seifer in his service to the Sorceress Edea and serve as recurring villains throughout most of the game. As Seifer's actions become progressively amoral and obsessive Fujin and Raijin begin to lose faith in their friend and eventually appeal to Squall and his party to help save him from himself and the evil Ultimecia. Albinism is a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seifer Almasy is both a playable character and the antagonist in Squaresofts RPG Final Fantasy VIII. Aside from the games main protagonist, Squall Leonhart, Seifer is the only other student at Balamb Garden to wield a gunblade, his particular model being known as the... Final Fantasy VIII is a video game created by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation and computers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Category Kanji (漢字 â–¶(?), literally Han characters) is the name of Chinese characters in the Japanese language. ... Raijin surrounded by drums to make thunder. ... Squall Leonhart is the main protagonist of the landmark RPG Final Fantasy VIII. At 17 years old, Squall is a student at Balamb Garden, a prestigious military academy for elite mercenaries. ... Spoiler warning: Ultimecia is the chief antagonist of the Square Co. ...

Fujin casts wind spells in battle, and wind spells cast against her heal her rather than doing damage. The game's wind-based summon can be obtained by drawing it from Fujin. Jump to: navigation, search A spell cast in Final Fantasy XI. Magic is one of the two principal forms of attack in Square Enixs (formerly Square Co. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bahamut from Final Fantasy X. In Square Enixs (formerly Square Co. ...

Mortal Kombat

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One of the few gods in the Mortal Kombat universe that we see, Fujin made his first appearance in the spin-off game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. He appears to be a tall, ageless human with long white hair bound in a pony tail and glowing white eyes. He is greatly associated with wind attacks in both this game and Mortal Kombat Gold, in fact, he attempts to use a giant tornado to kill Sub-Zero in the Mythologies entry (he fails, and the tornado tears him apart, though he survives this, however). Although more indifferent and abstract than Raiden, Fujin is also concerned with the fate of Earthrealm. He fought with the Forces of Light against the Fallen Elder God Shinnok. It is unclear whether or not Fujin ascended to the position of protector of Earthrealm after Raiden was elevated to the status of Elder God, since Raiden doesn't seem able or willing to truly move on. Jump to: navigation, search Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game by Midway. ... Mortal Kombat Gold is a fighting game that follows the same storyline as Mortal Kombat 4, but it appeared on the Sega Dreamcast, rather than the arcade. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sub-Zero is the name of two video game characters from the Mortal Kombat series. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rayden. ... About Earthrealm More commonly referred to just as Earth, this realm has a very deep and rich mythology within the Mortal Kombat Universe. ... ... Jump to: navigation, search Shinnok is a character in the Mortal Kombat video games. ...